Glossopharyngeal nerve neoplasm
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Also known as glossopharyngeal nerve neoplasm (disease)glossopharyngeal nerve neoplasmsglossopharyngeal nerve tumorglossopharyngeal nerve tumorsglossopharyngeal nerve tumourglossopharyngeal nerve tumoursIXth cranial nerve neoplasmsIXth cranial nerve tumorsIXth cranial nerve tumoursneoplasm of glossopharyngeal nerveneoplasm of Ninth cranial nerveneoplasm of the glossopharyngeal nerveneoplasm of the Ninth cranial nerveNinth cranial nerve neoplasmNinth cranial nerve neoplasmsNinth cranial nerve tumorNinth cranial nerve tumorsNinth cranial nerve tumourNinth cranial nerve tumours
Summary
Glossopharyngeal nerve neoplasm (MONDO:0002638) is a cancer. A subtype of cranial nerve neoplasm — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).
At a glance
- Classification: Cancer
Clinical features
No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.
Identifiers
Disease identifiers
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Canonical name | glossopharyngeal nerve neoplasm |
| Mondo ID | MONDO:0002638 |
| DOID | DOID:3417 |
| NCIT | C5828 |
| SNOMED CT | 126975006 |
| UMLS | C1263900 |
| MedGen | 224734 |
| Anatomy (UBERON) | UBERON:0001649 |
| Is cancer (heuristic) | yes |
Also known as: glossopharyngeal nerve neoplasm · glossopharyngeal nerve neoplasm (disease) · glossopharyngeal nerve neoplasms · glossopharyngeal nerve tumor · glossopharyngeal nerve tumors · glossopharyngeal nerve tumour · glossopharyngeal nerve tumours · IXth cranial nerve neoplasms · IXth cranial nerve tumors · IXth cranial nerve tumours · neoplasm of glossopharyngeal nerve · neoplasm of Ninth cranial nerve · neoplasm of the glossopharyngeal nerve · neoplasm of the Ninth cranial nerve · Ninth cranial nerve neoplasm · Ninth cranial nerve neoplasms · Ninth cranial nerve tumor · Ninth cranial nerve tumors · Ninth cranial nerve tumour · Ninth cranial nerve tumours (+8 more)
Disease family
This is a subtype of cranial nerve neoplasm. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.
Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › nervous system disorder › peripheral nervous system disorder › peripheral nervous system neoplasm › cranial nerve neoplasm › glossopharyngeal nerve neoplasm
Related subtypes (11): trigeminal nerve neoplasm, abducens nerve neoplasm, facial nerve neoplasm, malignant cranial nerve neoplasm, oculomotor nerve neoplasm, hypoglossal nerve neoplasm, spinal accessory nerve neoplasm, optic nerve neoplasm, trochlear nerve neoplasm, olfactory nerve neoplasm, vestibulocochlear nerve neoplasm
Subtypes (1): vagus nerve neoplasm
Genetics & variants
GWAS landscape
No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.
Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers
No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.
Genes & proteins
No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).
Function
No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.
Therapeutics
No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.
Clinical trials & evidence
Clinical trials
Clinical trials: 0.
Related Atlas pages
No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.